Nikolai Komyagin, Alexander Ionin, and Pavel Lesnikov met in their hometown, Novokuznetsk, and formed Shortparis in 2012 upon moving to Saint Petersburg.

[5] In September 2020, Shortparis released the single "KoKoKo / Struktury ne vykhodyat na ulitsy" (Russian: «КоКоКо / Cтруктуры Не Выходят На Улицы», lit.

[6][7] In January 2021, Shortparis contributed a track to the album Sokhrani moyu rech' navsegda (Russian: «Сохрани мою речь навсегда», lit.

'Keep My Words Forever'), a compilation of songs based on Osip Mandelstam's work, released in honor of the 130th anniversary of the poet's birth.

In April 2018, Shortparis performed alongside Kazuskoma, Spasibo, Glintshake, and Elektroforez in Minsk, Warsaw, Poznan, Berlin, and Kaliningrad as part of a tour showcasing Russian bands.

[32] In 2019, their song "Chto-to osoboe vo mne" (Russian: Что-то особое во мне) featured in the episode "Chapter 4: SYZYGY" of season 2 of The OA.